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[QUOTE="A Clockwork Orange, post: 2267203, member: 16"]
That was the game that I became an SU football fan. I had followed the team here and there, but 14 year old me decided he was going to be "different" from all of my friends, and root for Nebraska. I remember the game being so hyped that I was really excited to watch it. Started watching it at my aunt and uncle's house. Forced my parents to turn the game on while we drove home, and then finished in my living room. I was crushed that they lost, but the way they played, and the way the crowd was like a sentient, alive thing that night made a huge impression.

Four years later I bought season tickets and kept them through the McNabb years until I moved away from the area. I saw a lot of amazing games in the dome in both basketball and football, but that game was the one that showed me what it meant to be proud of Central New York. I'll never forget the sideline reporter showing a decibel meter and telling people the real life equivalent of the field noise that night. I thought to myself "those people are from here. We mean something to everyone around the country tonight. People know who Syracuse is!"

It was an exhilarating thought for a young teenager who thought snow was the only thing anyone knew us for!
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